Coupling device



H. T. sTEvENsoN '1,792,128

Feb, IAO@y l`931.

COUPLING DEVICE Filed sept. 17, 1929 INVENTOR.

Patented Ferl-5, y10, 1,931

HILARY T. STvENSbaJQFfNaWLYORK'N.;Y ivf CQUI'LI'NGDISGE 'i v'a'lipucatiqnraiea lsep@"meers152-, '1929.1serial iva-393,155. n

, 1 fThis"invention relates to'coupling devices Vand particularly to'devices ofthis class adapteditor use in couplingtwo orvmoreloody gar# ments together to supportthe same upon the 55vbody of the wearer; and the object 'of the inventionis to provide a device of the class Vj` ofthecouplingjin' the laundering of the gare Y ment, said garment-having arranged thereon? and attached thereto a tahgof relatively strong i f material in connection with which th'ecofu-` 15 Vplingfis supported' andwith which the Vcou-1` plin'gf may he adjusted loy providing a pl'u-l rality of longitudinally spa-ced button holes A inf said tab infl `co-nnectiCm' with either of which'` one end of the coupling may-be sup# ported; aifurtherohject of the invention'is to provide la coupling of the class described which is primarily-adaptedfor use in supporting trousers in connectionlwith an uni dershirtl or the shirt portion"I of an under` 25( v'garment Vandat the'sarne time to properly supportV the outer shirt in position to prevent g its displacement-'troni within the trousers,V thus serving to maintain the lower portion? yof an outer-'shirt in proper position Within 30 'the Waist portion of a'pair-o trousers, the

vtrousers having lbuttons' on the` innerffaee of the waistband thereof in connection` with which Vmy improved couplings `are'adapted to l s L Vhejmounted; a still further object heingto I 35' providefa coupling of the class described inff'"volvingfelativelyfmovable parts withften: sional means disposedbetvveen said parts to ,y -norignally support the same in collapsed posi- Y, tion vand to'permit the extensiongof saidVA f y 49" parts to compensate orthe stresses or strains towhich the device'istsubjected when in use- Von the body of theV wearer; and withthese' e and otherobjects in view, the inventionconsistel in a device of :the class and for-the pur? 45fpose specified, whi'chisfsimple in construc- `within' the waistband of theV trousers 10.

vtion,eiiicient;inns@*and Whieh'isconstructedg. "f

ing` drawing forms apartyinvwhichithe sepa-L 1 rate parts-ot' my improvement'V are designated#i` y specified havingmeans =for positively securving the same to onebody garment'in such manner as to Vprevent the accidental `'displace-Y 1n 'ment thereof and yet permitthe detachment the views, y and in which? by suitable-*reference characters in e`achjfoffy -f i {Figi-lis a"perspectiveviewfoftheupper-i y end portion o'a pair ori-trousers, illustrenti ings part of an und-@Shirt aaazeutergshafv and-showingoney ofljmyfimproved devices supported inconnectin'therevvith. i

Fig-:2s a daar-ww- Qffzpaa of ae' Y Fie-.mame

which` I jeinployjas seen? Figs.v r l to ilncluv-V V- rige 5 is? plan viewf'f af modified ferm ,otdevicep i -f Fig. 6 is a'partial sectiononthev'fline 6-6 @frise g another modification'.

Fig. Y-8 is apartialseetion on' the line 8;-8 ofFigigand, Figi-.1.9 is a section oirthe` line 9 :9o'fFig-,zf.v

For the'purpose offillustrating one use off vmy inventiomI-have shown atflOin Fig-1 of the drawing', the. upperr or-Waisthand 'porftion` of a lpairofy ytrousers,jat1l a partfofY an: vundershirtor waist portion-'of an under gar#v ment-to whichvislattached one ormeretalosl V12,'and at 13 I have-showi`1 arrpartoffthe outer?`l shirt, the` lower end o-"which isarranged vilnfpractice, I preferably-employtwol of the talos 12,.one at-eachside'of the undersliirt l-l hutY onlyone of these tabs is shorvniand.

preferably consists of*- relatively' str'ongfma terialWhich fisarranged. vertically upon the' 'i zshirtandstitched thereto as seen atjlalong o@ Y j the peripheral edges of the tab 12, said tab position upontlie tab,;itisattached to the ,n trousers by passing; the button 17 and part of the outer shirt 13throughj'the .opening 18 asfwill be'appar'ent,y it being understood in this connection that theiouter shirt ,-13V must be adjusted insuch position as to Vbeloosely and f sheet material such as'metal, Celluloid,

being'located at and above the Waist portion of' the garment 1l and is provided'ivithaplurality of vertically spaced button-holes 15 whereby one of my improved coupling Ainembers v16 may be adjustablyc'oupled With the tab 12. Arranged 'on the Waist portion of the trouser 10V on the inner surface thereof and at the sides of the garment are buttons17. The coupling device or member 1,6 is fashioned at one end to provide a coniparatively large-aperture 18 vto receive the button 17 and this aperture terminates ina compara Atively narrow aperture 191 arrangedfkatwthe] lower end ci tie coupling so that the button inay be moved totheloiverend Vof 'thecoiuf pling, the threads orother means 17a for attaching theY button being arran fredv fvfithin the extension 19 as Will be apparent. Y

The `upper end of theccuplingis provided with an arc-shaped jcrcsslieafdQO' which joins the remainder oithe device by a comparativelynarrow; neck 2 1orming oitlie crosshead laterally ,extendingandj downwardly curved shoulders 22 .whereby in attaching the. coupling member 16to the tab12 by; passing the crossliead 2O throughone of tlie-buttonhol`es 15, the shoulders 22 will operate to prevent Y Itwilltli'us any possible-'displacement ot the'Y member' 16.

byvirtue of fthe curved oiilioolry 7oriiiation of said shoulders.. j v y, Y

When thecoupling 16 is); secured in proper yetfneatlyV supported upon the body 'of the Hwearer and the .position of therneinberl adjusted to support the trousers comfortably. Itv Will also, be understoodthat the trousers may be detached from the coupling at any.

time :in theoperaticn of reiiioving'the outer shirt 13 orsaid trousers. rlhe coupling inem Y berl need not be ldetachedtrom the under garment until the same is toi be laundered, it

being understood in this connectiony thatthe coupling 16 may be composed of any suitable balielite, rubber, etc., and this also applies to the construction shown'inFigs. 5 to 9 inclusive.- Instead of providing a single and relatively rigid body as inthe coupling lrshownin Vp -Figsjl to 4 inclusive, I inayconstructthis device of two relatively movable fpartsl shown in Figs.v 5 to 9 inclusive, one forinci construction being shown in Figs. and

i and the other in Figs. k7, 8 and 9.a in Fi'gs'. 5

f and 6, the device consists oiftWo parts 23 and 211, the part 23 havinga'crossh'ead 2,5 at one end similar to'tliecrosshead 20 and having the laterally extending curvedshoulder 25a;

` Whereas the lother part isyprovided with the;l

keyfhole aperture consisting 'of thelarge up- 'lower opening 247).'

i Willpermit-the separation of said parts un-1 vder the'compressionfof said spring.;Y

tachingtab insteadot coupling the same vvithfv l button holes. This Will' also be true oi the constructionv shown in Fig. 7 r@[he 'upper end of the rpart- 24 terminates vin a plate 26 havingan elongated'aperture 27, the hook? shaped sidelanges 28 adapted to overlie the Vside edges of a similar plate29 on-the part 23, saidfplalte having adovvnwardly projectyingl-ug 30 adapted -to operate inthe aperture Y 27 to limit vthe relative movement of the parts' 23 and2et with respect toeach'other,v the Alower end ofthe plate29having a curved vkeeper 31 in vwhich is 'mounted a spring 32 the end portions of Which rest in curved channels33 formedat the side l edges o-th part"24t. V 1 A j beseen that the'parts 23 and- 24 maybe;adjustablerelatively to each other Whenthe device is in use underthe tension of thespring 32, so as tocompensate for any undue'stresses to which the' device may be subjected; and at Yall timesthe,trousers will i be supported on theqbody of the Wea-rer resiliently, thus eliminating any iincoinfort able 'binding that might y otherwise prevail.

The same result v,may be, accomplished by f the constructionshown in Figs; 7 ,to-9 inclusive, in which figures, twoparts Stla'nd 35 are equivalent to'thep'arts 23andj24, but in this construction, said 4parts have overlying plate Y portions 3 6 and 37 respectively, each teiminating in an endflange 36a and- 37 a, the plate 37 lincluding hook-shaped side anges 37b which serve to retain the platefSG against dis-V placement from the plate 37 and serve to` guide said plates intheir relative movement.

berinwhich is arranged a spring 38 formed from' astrip oztspring metal fashioned in the manner clearlyseen in Fig7 of the drawing arts 3tfandj85 ,in/'collapsed position and VThis yconstruction orins a boiz-`shaped chain.-

:and-which'norinally serves to support fthe 'It will be understoodthat While .I haveV y trated a specic use of my' invention that I am not necessarily limited inv these respects, and various changes in and modifications of f the construction herein shown and described "may be made Within the scope of the append@ ed claims Without departing'gfrom 'the spirit,

shown certain forms or constructionfor car- :rying my invention into effect andfhave illus- 'v trousers 1n connection with a shirt, said couof my invention or sacriiicing its advantages.. Having fullyv described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters y Patent, is: y y A Y l. A lcoupling for supportinga pairof 'trousers inconneotion with a shirt, said cou- Y pling being composed offtwo parts, means on g tached to said shirt, means whereby the other, lpart may be attached to the trousers, meansI I L10 i lfor guiding said parts in their movement relfis shoulders.,

one of said parts whereby the same may be atatively to eaeh other, means involving a resilient member coupling said parts together `for yieldably supporting the trousers in connection with theshirt, and the first named part comprising a lorosshead arranged on the outl t er end thereof, said crossheadterminating in s laterally extending fand inwardly ycurved.

of said.membersterminatingiatitsfree end in g '1 a crosshead havmglaterally. extending shoulders andthegother'member having Van elonf gated aperture,- and sald tenslonalY meansg' comprising a rod-likespring, the centralpor- 1 tion of which is coupledto the inner endof'k one of said members and the ends thereof engaging keepers disposed atopposite sides of theother'member..V Y 4 y. In testimonyl thatl claimgthe foregoing as my invention l Yhavejsigned, my' name this 16th dayofeptember, 1929.

Y 2. .A coupling for -supporting'a ,of A l pling being composed of two parts, means on yone, of saidparts whereby the same may be attached to saidshirt, means vwhereby the other part may beattached to the trousers, Vmeans Y forguiding said partsin their movement rel-r atively to eachfother, means involving a resilientmember coupling said partstogether i' for yieldably supporting the trousers in coni y Y vneetion with the shirt, the first named part comprising a orosshead arranged'on the outer 7 end thereo'isaid crosshead terminatingin `laterally extending and` inwardly curved t Y shoulders, and theother part having an aperture ofkey-hole shape. i v l 8. A coupling device of the'class described,

one end portion ofwhich is provided with a crosshead terminating in laterally extending and inwardly curved hook-shap`ed shoulders,

and the other end portionthereofhavinga reln Y j atively largeaperture of key-hole shape, the l 'f large portionfof said aperture being arranged Vinwardly of saidend and the elongated, narrower portion Yadj acent the outer part ot' said end, whereby the last named end portion of the device may be coupled with a button by passing the head thereof through the enlargement of said aperture and to arrange the attaching means of the button within the re; duced end of said aperture, and said end portions of the device being eomposedof inde# pendent parts movable relatively to each other, and tensional means cooperating with means for retaining the overla ed ortions of said members against lateral and longitug dinal displacement, tensional means disposed betweenand cooperating with said members, j for normally supporting the same 1n contraoted relation andpermitting the extension thereof under the tension of said means, one

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